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  Capt. 
  (I. 
  E. 
  Shelloy 
  on 
  Birds 
  

  

  slightly 
  i)aler 
  than 
  in 
  specimens 
  of 
  C. 
  mentalis 
  from 
  the 
  

   Gold 
  Coast. 
  

  

  55. 
  Apalis 
  flavigularis, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  A. 
  similis 
  A. 
  tlioracic((>, 
  scd 
  pilco 
  nigricantc, 
  gutture 
  et 
  

  

  abdominc 
  Iscte 
  flavis, 
  et 
  torque 
  prrepectorali 
  nigro 
  distin- 
  

   guenda. 
  Long. 
  tot. 
  5 
  poll., 
  ala) 
  2*05. 
  

  

  No. 
  23. 
  ]\Iilanji 
  Platcan, 
  Oct. 
  

  

  Similar 
  to 
  A. 
  thoracica, 
  but 
  darker 
  and 
  brighter. 
  Upper 
  

   parts 
  olive-green, 
  shading 
  into 
  dusky 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  crown 
  ; 
  

   quills 
  dark 
  brown, 
  edged 
  with 
  olive-green 
  ; 
  tail 
  grey, 
  Avith 
  the 
  

   terminal 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  outer 
  three 
  pairs 
  of 
  feathers 
  white 
  ; 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  a 
  broad 
  prepectoral 
  band 
  black 
  ; 
  

   cheeks, 
  throat, 
  and 
  centre 
  of 
  breast 
  bright 
  yellow, 
  passing 
  

   into 
  olive-green 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body; 
  thighs 
  dusky 
  

   olive 
  ; 
  under 
  Aving-coverts 
  and 
  inner 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  quills 
  

   white, 
  the 
  former 
  shaded 
  with 
  yellow. 
  Total 
  length 
  5 
  inches, 
  

   culmen 
  0*55, 
  wing 
  2"05, 
  tail 
  19, 
  tarsus 
  0*85. 
  

  

  In 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  specimens, 
  probably 
  a 
  younger 
  bird, 
  the 
  

   back 
  of 
  the 
  neck 
  and 
  crown 
  are 
  olive 
  like 
  the 
  back, 
  and 
  only 
  

   shaded 
  into 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  forehead 
  ; 
  aud 
  the 
  black 
  prepectoral 
  

   collar 
  is 
  much 
  narrower, 
  as 
  narrow, 
  in 
  fact, 
  as 
  in 
  A. 
  thoracica. 
  

  

  56. 
  Bradypterus 
  nyass.t:, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  B. 
  similis 
  B. 
  cinnamomeo 
  , 
  sed 
  saturatior, 
  potius 
  castaneo- 
  

  

  brunneus 
  : 
  hypochondriis 
  fulvescenti 
  - 
  brunneis, 
  nee 
  

   aurautiaco-brunneis. 
  Long. 
  tot. 
  6 
  poll., 
  alae 
  2*35. 
  

   Similar 
  to 
  B. 
  cinnamo/i.eus, 
  but 
  much 
  darker 
  and 
  more 
  

   chestnut-brown, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  not 
  orange, 
  but 
  sandy 
  

   brown. 
  Total 
  length 
  6 
  inches, 
  wing 
  2"35. 
  

   Milanji 
  Plateau, 
  6000 
  feet, 
  Oct. 
  

  

  57. 
  Eremomela 
  scotops. 
  

  

  Eremomein 
  scotops, 
  Sund. 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  B. 
  S. 
  Afr. 
  pp. 
  299, 
  

   828; 
  id. 
  Cat. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  162, 
  pi. 
  5. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  No. 
  72. 
  Zomba. 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  never 
  before 
  been 
  

   recorded 
  from 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  Zambesi. 
  

  

  58. 
  CiNNYRIS 
  FALKENSTEINI. 
  

  

  Cinnyris 
  falkensteini, 
  Reichen. 
  ; 
  Sharpe, 
  Ibis, 
  1891, 
  p. 
  591. 
  

   No. 
  69, 
  (^ 
  . 
  Zomba, 
  Aug.; 
  also 
  an 
  uulabelled 
  female 
  or 
  

  

  